@ardi60 It is certainly unfortunate that software is readily accessible and people set mastodon up without running through much configuration. I do think there should be changes to sign up defaults, potentially eliminating the configuration possibility of open signups. I mentioned this to the creator of Pixelfed as well. There’s no legitimate reason you would have open signups without basic verification - email, hcaptcha, etc. Callback verifiers existed on BBSes for a reason.
@ardi60 It is certainly unfortunate that software is readily accessible and people set mastodon up without running through much configuration. I do think there should be changes to sign up defaults, potentially eliminating the configuration possibility of open signups. I mentioned this to the creator of Pixelfed as well. There’s no legitimate reason you would have open signups without basic verification - email, hcaptcha, etc. Callback verifiers existed on BBSes for a reason.